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Direct Port
Delivery seen congesting Kolkata Dock System

The recently introduced Direct Port
Delivery (DPD), with the aim of facilitating trade, has led to severe congestion
at the Kolkata Container Terminal, causing agony to container operators calling
at the port, sources said.

Kolkata Dock System, being one of
the oldest city-based ports in the country, has considerable space constraint at
the terminal, besides lack of infrastructure, they point out.

Moreover, the Kolkata Police
authorities have imposed road restrictions of almost 7 hours a day on a
staggered basis since a year on the movement of heavy vehicles around the port
area, thus restricting the movement of cargoes/containers to/from the port.

The implementation of DPD has
further added to the congestion inside the port terminal, thereby severely
affecting vessel operations.

It is felt that, in view of the
available facilities created by off-dock CFS operators close to the port for
facilitating speedy removal/clearance from/to the port, it would be appropriate
for the port to insist on removal of cargoes in containers by importers within
the prescribed time limit of 3 days of landing from vessel, failing which such
cargoes/containers should be allowed to be removed to nominated off-dock CFS in
order to decongest the yard.

Moreover, the growing volume of
rail-bound ex-im containers is also adding to the ground stock due to shortage
of speedy rake handling facility at the terminal.

Given these conditions, it is
imperative that the competent authorities take a fresh look at the DPD policy in
the interest of port users on a long-term and sustained manner, the sources
emphasised.